Oh Look--More Anime Boston

Just thought I'd post this if you wanted to see me (and my friends) try to speak to people. I'm really proud. Thankfully they (Nerdy Itch) didn't include most of our mutterings... That's about all for now. MadDog out!

Attack on Titan Photoshoot (More Anime Boston)

 

Hello again everyone. Here is the last of the Anime Boston photos I will be uploading for you guys. These are from the Attack on Titan photoshoot Saturday. I'm not uploading all of them because there are simply too many and I have to get back to homework soon but I 'll try to post the best shots I have on my camera courtesy of my friend, Emily.

Well, even if they are tear-jerking, I hope you enjoyed seeing these photos. I dunno what I'm going to do next but I will update you all when I figure that out. Until then, MadDog out!

Anime Boston 2014 (Saturday)

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Well. There is the group picture that I was talking about. The Hanji and Sasha standing next to me are two of the friends I went with and members of the Underwater Hemisphere. (I had to help them with the adventure of finishing their cosplay at the convention itself which was pretty great. No it wasn't--I can't even pretend it was--never try and make your cosplay a week before the con!) There were a ton of Attack on Titan cosplayers there everyday but on Saturday, being Levi I got to go to an Attack on Titan shoot (which I will have a separate post for). Here's another group photo with another Levi and Hanji who go to the same school as us.

And now for some of my favorite cosplayers! This was really hard to pick because the cosplay there on Saturday was so frequent and so amazing. Awesome job to everyone who cosplayed!

And this guy never actually spoke but we saw him walking down the street in our car on the way to the con and he gave us the thumbs up after much waving through the windows and giving the thumbs up to him.

It was a good day.

So Much Levi

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 and Thursday, March 20, 2014

So, when I worked on Levi, I also had to teach two of my friends, Danni and Emma how to sew. Making my Levi cosplay took longer than expected because I had to keep pausing my work to walk these two through making their Sasha and Hanji cosplays as well. It was a lot of fun but also very tedious because we all basically put off making our cosplay until the week before.

"Blood, sweat, tears, and fabric went into this cosplay." --Danni

Anyway, I don't have single shot of me alone in my Levi cosplay so here is a picture of me cropped out of a group photo. You will see the actual photo when Saturday's report comes around.

Happy New Year! ...and MORE COSPLAY!!!

So I dunno about you, but my new year started a few minutes ago. Just wanted to wish you all a happy new year!

POST UPDATE (1:12 PM):
So I was going to post all of this stuff when I originally posted... but then I was tired and that didn't happen. Well, here are all of the other things that I wanted to say:
I hope your cosplay of 2013 was everything you wanted it to be and if not you have some wicked resolutions. Even if it was I hope you all have some goals and things (I certainly have a list).

• This year I have resolved to finish my Alois and Seras cosplays which have been missing out in progress making due to the fact that I lost cosplay partners and events for both of them due to busyness this past year. (Get all that?) 
• I also resolve to make more helpful posts for beginner cosplayers like wig tutorials and boot covers (because I just realized that I have totally been neglecting that part of this blog). 
• I also want to start a project that is going to be very difficult. I was going to wait on telling you all this because this project in particular is going to be ridiculously out of my comfort zone, but I'm going to attempt making a cosplay for Hajime's Gatchaman form from Gatchaman Crowds. To those of you who have a clue as to what I'm talking about may instantaneously realize why this cosplay is going to be insanely difficult for me (maybe not for someone else but it's me we are talking about). To put it in simple terms, I want to make light up robot armor.  I don't plan on starting this project until the summer but hey, it's out there in the world. Look forward to it. It may be a complete success or a complete failure but it should be fun either way. Stick around.

Just a few more things I would like to say. I got this wonderful thing called Worbla Thermoplastic as a Christmas gift. (It's expensive but I know that you can find it on places like yayahan.com.) I have never used it before but it's what experienced cosplayers use for making armor. It's something I've wanted to try using for a while and I'm excited to say I now can. I will hopefully be using it for the first time in my Zelda cosplay and then again in my Hajime cosplay. (You can see it to your right--like my pjs?) Also, I just bought some beautiful fabric for my Levi jacket. I know that a lot of cosplayers have been using leather or leather-like material for their Attack on Titan jackets but I won't be. I'll be using a material that is thick and rough and militaristic. (I think that it's pretty wicked.)












And lastly, hopefully I'll have a new Seras post up today because I worked on her shirt for hours yesterday. That's about it. I'm looking forward to this year and I hope you are as well. There should be some great cosplays in store for us all. MadDog out!

Levi Boots

Hello everyone! Just wanted to post my new Levi boots! I was given them as a gift for Christmas. I asked for these a long time ago (and have no recollection of the cost) but I do know that they are from Forever 21 (as I received them in a Forever 21 box). Anyways, check them out! I'm probably going to try and alter them to make them look a little more like the boots in Attack on Titan but that will more than likely be some time from now. Sorry it's just a quick update but I hope you enjoyed. MadDog out!

DIY Dork Shirts (Edition: Dragon Ball Z and Attack on Titan)

So... I like Dragon Ball Z and I keep seeing the awesome ghi top in t-shirt style everywhere but I can't actually spend $20 on a t-shirt when I could be using it on cosplay... So instead I made one. I got myself a really cheap orange t-shirt that was even cheaper because I had a coupon and it was on sale and I used fabric paint to make the symbols on the front and back. That's about it and here's how it came out. I also said I 'd take a picture of the birthday gifts I made a while back so here's the Recon Corps shirt I made for my friend too. (Same method but with a little more effort.) Hope you like! MadDog out!